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With 14 minutes to go, Ghana were awarded a penalty after Christian Atsu was clumsily bundled over Lomalisa Mutambala who had already been booked but wasn't sent off. Hammer Ayew stepped up and slotted calmly to the keepers left and Ghana were back in front.

Ayew scored the winner from the spot on Sunday (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

That was Ayew’s second goal of the tournament and both of them have come from the penalty spot.

Substitute Cedric Bakambu came close three times in the closing stages to bagging an equaliser for DR Congo but the Black Stars held on.

Ayew and his teammates now face Cameroon in the semi-finals, the team who knocked out Ayew’s West Ham teammate Chekhou Kouyate and his Senegal side on Saturday evening.